Welcome to A Little Cornish Home. The blog about the renovation of a 1920's semi detached property in the heart of the Cornish countryside. From gutting the house and stripping it bare to rebuilding the house with DIY tips, step by step progress, Interior decorating and ideas along the way to make our little Cornish house our little Cornish home

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Saturday, 23 March 2013

Removing a tiled floor

Now you get to see some pictures of me doing the work rather than James! As we want to lay a wooden floor throughout the house it's my job to remove the old tiles in the kitchen.

With blisters on my hands and aching arms from the heavy hammer i'm proudly working my way across the kitchen removing the ceramic tiles getting the floor ready for something prettier. Not sure what yet, whether we go for wood effect laminate or real wood I think depends on budget as with all the surprise jobs that need attention we are rapidly running out of funds.

Hours later the tiles are out, and more surprises found. Under the kitchen units there was some lengths of timber in between the tiled floor and the cupboards and this was pretty much powder. With that constant ingress of water the wood didn't have a chance down there. Although with this hole exposed we need to fill this with concrete and have the floor leveled ready for a shiny new floor. Although there's plenty of other jobs to complete first before we even think about finishing touches like flooring and carpets!

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A Little Cornish Home

Welcome to A Little Cornish Home. We are Amanda and James and together we are sharing with you our journey through moving to Cornwall and buying and renovating our first house. After renting property in Cornwall for 5 years and realizing just how much we were paying to our landlords in rent we decided to take the scary plunge into buying and renovating our little Cornish house.

With the plasterer paying us a visit last week the three exposed walls in the bedroom were now freshly plastered and drying beautifully a...

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